Hierarchical Data Organization for Dense Optical Flow Processing in a Computer Vision System

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of predictors for the anchor pixel includes a spatial predictor for a pixel of the first set of pixels that is proximate to the anchor pixel and that is not in the respective subset of pixels of the anchor pixel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of predictors for the anchor pixel includes a spatial predictor for a pixel of a third image that is down sampled from the first image.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of predictors for the anchor pixel includes a temporal predictor for a pixel of the second set of pixels in a same position as the anchor pixel.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the closest matching region for the respective subset of pixels includes determining a closest matching predictor of the set of predictors based on the matching costs of the set of predictors.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising providing the flow vectors for determining optical flow of a third image, wherein the first image is down sampled from the third image.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the subsets of pixels is a 2×2 non-overlapping set of pixels.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image is subsequent to the second image in time.

15. The circuit device of claim 14, wherein the first image is down sampled from the third image.

16. The circuit device of claim 12, wherein the set of predictors for the anchor pixel includes a spatial predictor for a pixel of the first image that is proximate to the anchor pixel and that is not in the respective subset of pixels of the anchor pixel.

18. The circuit device of claim 12, wherein the set of predictors for the anchor pixel includes a spatial predictor for a pixel of a third image that is down sampled from the first image.

19. The circuit device of claim 12, wherein the set of predictors for the anchor pixel includes a temporal predictor for a pixel of the second image in a same position as the anchor pixel.

20. The circuit device of claim 12, wherein each of the subsets of pixels is a 2×2 non-overlapping set of pixels.